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IP & Copyright

Federal Circuit Buries Info Exchange Patent Under Alice

Pro se inventor Brian McFadden's bid for an information exchange patent crashed hard Tuesday. Federal Circuit says it's just math on generic computers—no eligibility under Section 101.

IP & Copyright

The Packet That Got Away: How 'Allowing' Torpedoed Centripetal's Patent

In a blow to patent holders, the Federal Circuit just ruled that 'allowing' a data packet counts as a patent claim's key 'action.' Centripetal's network security dreams? Dead on arrival.